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v~ Baconian PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - /. \ 'DEPENDENT FOR THEM VOL LIX ? NO. 46 Five Macon Servicemen Listed As War Casualties Pfc. George Martin; Cpl. Harold F. Sloan, Jr., . Killed In Action Pfc. George T. Martin, son of Mrs. J. ~L. Martin, of Franklin route I, who was reported to be missing in action on Augu&t 30, in France, was later re ported by the War Department to have been killed In action on the same date. Pfc. Martin, who entered the armed forces in 1943, took hL basic training at Camp Croft, S. C., and at Ft. Oeorge Meade, Md., and was sent overseas this summer, arriving in England in June. He was serving with the infantry unit. Pfc. Martin is a graduate of the Franklin high school, and was home on a 14-day fur lough In May of this year. He was a son of the late Rev. J. L. Martin. Surviving besides the mother, are one brother, Frank J. Mar tin, of Akron, Ohio; and five sisters, Mrs. William Dalrymple, of Franklin route 1, Mrs. Daniel Baker, of Fort Myers, Fla., Mrs. Winifred Brendle, of Drexel, Miss Eula Martin, of Drexel, and Miss Dorothy Martin, of Franklin route 1. ? ? ? Cpl. HAROLD T. SLOAN, Jr. A message was received by Mr. and Mrs. Sloan on Wednes day from the War Department stating that their son, Cpl. Sloan, who was missing In ac tion since October 29, was killed on that date. Cpl. Harold T. Sloan, Jr., of the Air Transport Command of the American Air Force, has been reported by the War De partment to be missing in flight since October 29, in the Asiatic theatre, acoording to a message received by his par ents, Mr. and' Mrs. Harold T. Sloan, of Franklin. Cpl. Sloan entered the arm ed forces in 1942 and took his training at various camps in the States before going over seas about the middle of Sep tember, shortly following a short visit with his parents here, while enroute to another station. Cpl. Sloan 's a graduate of the Franklin high school, Bre vard college, Brevard; and of the University of N. C., Chapel Hill. Surviving besides the par ents, are one brother, Pfc. Rich ard K. Sloan who is in the army engineers serving some where in Germany, and one sister. Miss Dorothy Sloan, who Is attending Julliard School of Music In Hew York City. PANTHERS WIN FRIDAYS GAME Down Hayesvifle High by Score of 25 to 6 In Spectacular Tilt Franklin High football team got rolling Friday by over whelming a stubborn Hayes ville team, 25 to 8. The Panthers pushed across a touchdown in late minutes ot the first quarter by sheer force through the line. Holbrooks, Horsley, Cabe, and Myers alternately hitting the line for substantial yardage. The game was highlighted by a touchdown sprint of 55 yards by Holbrooks. Myers also did some beautiful running of a punt 45 yards but lacked four yards hitting pay dirt. Cabe, not to be outdone, snatched a Hayesville pass and sprinted about 40 yards before being pulled down, five yards from the goal line. goal line. The linesmen were led by Bradley's usual hard tackling game. The Panthers are in top shape for Waynesvllle Friday at 3:15 at Waynesvllle. Mrs. Hunter Calloway spent the weekend in Tiger, Oa.,with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lex Darnell KILLED IN ACTION AUG. 30 PFC. GEORGE T. MARTIN ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Red Cross, Boy Scouts Swell Parad; Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, the flag came down, in Rankin square to the notes of "Taps." Immediately thereafter it went up again to the tune of "Colors", blown by Johnny Kusterer. The occasion was planned as an Armistice Day service to honor the mem Dry of our dead of the last war and those who have made the supreme sacrifice in this war. Lon Dal ton, Post Commander ' of the American Legion, pre sided. The parade formed at the post office with Marine Sergeant R. B. Moffitt as col or bearer, Fireman 2/c Clark L. Burrell, Navy and Cpl. Hoyt Ledford, Army, as color guards. St. Clair Anderson played the drum for the parade. Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, acting Chaplain, delivered the invocation. John 1 Wasilik, Past Commander of ' the American Legion, spoke ' briefly and pointedly to the as semblage which included men I in uniform, ex-service men, 1 Red Cross representatives, Le gion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts. Spectators and participants, numbering probably four hun- 1 dred, formed in a hollow : square flanking the Colors and ' stood on the court house ter- i race at attention during this, the first recorded public pa rade and celebration of Armis tice Day since the original spontaneous outburst on Nov. 11, 1918. Mr. Dalton, Post Commander i of the American Legion post 1 here announces that the next 1 regular monthly meeting of the I post will be held Saturday evening, November 18, at 7:30 o'clock. Matters of vital inter est to service and ex-service men will be discussed. Whether members or not, all qualified are invited to at tend. Guest Editorials To Be Written By Franklin Leading Citizens The Press is going to ask a number of our leading citizens, ministers, doctors, lawyers and others, to write editorials to be published in these columns. Any timely subjects will be accepted and printed each week In the order in which they are received. Now Is the time to give the public the benefit of your ad vanced ideas on any of the leading subjects that might ap peal to your Imagination. The Press hopes by this method to publish many good editorials, by the people In our ; community, and we feel certain that these writings will be of : great benefit and of much ln I terest to our readers. HOME OF FRED GUEST DESTROYED BY FIRE The homf of Fred Guest, on ; the Highlands highway, just a short distance across the river, was completely destroyed by fire, between one and two o'clock Friday morning. All fur niture and household contents were a total loss, with no in surance, it is reported. Mr. Guest, with his family, is in Baltimore, Md., where he Is employed In essential war work. No one was living in the house at the time. Rationing Beard Must Have Mileage Record Anyone applying for gasoline for any purpose, whether go ing to and from work or for special purposes such as going to hospital, etc., must bring Mileage Rationing Record so that the local War Price and Rationing Board may make a notation on it of the amount of gasoline issued. The mile age rationihg record is the part of your application which was sent back to you with new "A" book. NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM MISSING IN ACTION S/Sft. WADE F. DEITZ ?Staff Sergeant Wade F. Deitz Has been missing in action in Germany since October 8, ac cording to a message received from the War Department by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Law rence W. Deitz, of the West's Mill section of the county. S/Sgt. Deitz who volunteered into the services in January 1940, received his training ai Fort Jackson. S. C., Fort Ben nlng, Ga., and at Camp Atter bury, Ind., went overseas in January of this year. He was serving in the infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Deitz have two other sons in service. Pfc. Jos eph L. Deitz who has been in the South Pacific for the past three years and who is expect ing a furlough home sometime soon, and Pfc. James C. Deitz, who is also serving somewhere in the Pacific. ? ?? Pvt. Edwin L. Blaine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Blaine, has returned from overseas after serving six months. He is temporarily being treated at Stark General hospital, prior to being transferred to another hospital for definite treat ment. ? ? ? Pvt. ROBERT R. JACOBS Pvt. Robert R. Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jacobs is spending a 15-day furlough at home. He has finished a glider specialist school at Sheppard Field, Texas and is to report to Laurinburg-Maxton army air base, Maxton. Cpl. RALEIGH L. SHOOK Cpl. Raleigh L. Shook, of Franklin, has been promoted to technician 6th grade (Cpl.) Irom the grade of private 1st class for his excellent work with a signal operation com pany somewhere in India, ac cording to a recent announce ment from the headquarters of Gen. Jos. W. Stilwell, com manding general of the U. S. army air forces In the China Burma India theatre. Prior to his Induction into the army, June 20, 1942, Shook was employed by the Nanta hala Light St Power Co., of Franklin. He has served mor# than IS months in CBI-land and has earned the Good Con duct ribbon and the Astatic Pacific theatre ribbon with a bronze star. WOUNDED ? DISCHARGED Pvt. JOSEPH W. ANDERSON Pvt. Joseph W. Anderson, of the Otto section of Macon county, who has been serving in the 320th Glider Field Ar tillery battalion, was given an honorable discharge from the U. S. army on October 21, at the Finney General hospital in Thomasville, Ga. Pvt. Anderson, who entered the armed forces on March 12, 1942 at Fort Bragg, and took his basic training at Camp Clay bourne; La., and at Fort Bragg. He was sent overseas the lattei part of April 1943, and was wounded on June 6, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart decoration and the European African-Middle-Eastern theatre ribbon for wounds received in the chest, head and left foot. He arrived in the States on August 26. While overseas he participated in batles in Sicily, Italy and France, being wound ed in the latter. Pvt. Ander son is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Anderson, of Otto, and prior to entering the services, he drove a truck and worked on the farm. 1st LIEUT. MAQK SETSER 1st Lt. Mack Setser, U.S.M. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Set ser has Just been home on leave. He spent twenty-seven months in the Pacific area and is now at New River. War Price Board Thanks Rotarians The Macon County War Price and Rationing Board extends thanks and apprecia tion to Franklin Rotary club and others, for the assistance in preparing and issuing the "A" gasoline rations for the coming year. On the night of November 8, approximately 16 Rotarians met. in the local War Price and Rationing Board of fice and, helped " write and is sue all the "A" rations for au tomobile owners in the county. The board and panels are made up of citizens of the county who are giving their tjme to this phase of the war effort. From time to time it is necessary that the local War Price and Rationing Board have additional volunteer help in carrying out the different programs. The board is grate ful for the assistance of those who have helped heretofore, and appreciates their continued cooperation. Sixth War Loan Drive Starts Monday, Nov. 20 WOUNDED IN ACTION Pvt. DON M. CABE Pvt. Don M. Cabe, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cabe of Otto was wounded in Germany Oct. 11, according to a message re ceived by the War Department. Pvt. Cabe entered service in May, 1943 and took his train ing at Camp Hulen, Texas. He attended the University of Ar kansas for three months. Then took more training at ' Fayette ville, Ark. and Texas. Pvt. Cabe left for overseas duty August, 1944. He has been stationed in England, France and Germany. He is recovering in a hospital in England. Prior to entering service he attended the Western Carolina Teachers' college, Cullowhee. Grocer-Consumer Anti-Inflation Campaign To Start Franklin grocers and their customers and local civic lead ers will join, hands with the Office of Price Administration in a telling blow against any threat to their f^bire economic security when tqp unite dur ing the months of November and December in the nation wide "Grocer-Consumer Anti Intlation" campaign, Dr. W. E. Furr, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Board, said today. Already 26 national wom en's organizations have made plans for participation in this campaign and radio .programs and magazines are carrying ads stressing it. The local campaign will get in full swing during the com ing week. In the meantime, every housewife in the nation should become conscious of her duty to check the ceiling prices be fore buying her groceries. New methods of posting ceiling price lists now provide that they be posted so that consum ers can read them from a dis tance of not more than two feet, and they will be placed throughout the store? one at the dry groceries with a copy for every 1500 square feet of store space, one at the meat counter, one for fresh fruits and vegetables, and one for soaps and washing powders. In this way, it is very easy for the housewife to do her part in checking each article she' pur chases so that inflation will have no chance to start. Watch the Franklin Press for more information about this campaign. PVT, CALVIN C. MORGAN Pvt. Calvin Coolldge Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Morgan, of Franklin route 4, who has been taking training at Jackson, Miss., has been transferred to San Francisco, Calif. Pvt. Morgan is a graduate of the Franklin high school and entered the armed forces on June 21, 1943 He has also tak en training at Gulfport, Miss., and Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Cabe left Sunday morning for Ra leigh where Mr. Cabe attended a bankers association and Mrs. Cabe will visit. Quota Of $104,000.00 Set For Macon County "E" Bonds Sales A meeting of the War Fi nanc Committee was held in the Bank of Franklin, at 7:30 on Friday evening, November 10. At this meeting plans were formulated for the Sixth War Loan drive. The State organ ization has retained its co chairmen, Messrs. H. W. Cabe and Gilmer A. Jones, with Miss Nora Moody as chairman of the Women's division, and C.J. Anderson, of Highlands, as chairman of the Highlands community. On the committee for rural sales, J. H. Stockton, A. L. Ramsey and Mrs. Flor ence Sherrill were re-appoint ed. Prizes For Schools A group of business men have agreed to give substantial priz es to the two schools in Ma con county that sell the great est number of "E" bonds in proportion to their enrollment. The Sixth War Loan drive be gins on the 20th day of No vember and is to' continue through the 16th day of De cember. Macon county's over all quota is $154,000.00, the"E" bond being $104,000.00. While the quota is substantially low er than in the Fifth War Loan drive, it is felt that it will take fully as much effort to meet the "E" Bond quota of this drive, as during the Fifth drive there were a number of large denomination "E" Bonds purchases. Macon oounty was one of the few counties of the State that exceeded its "E" Bond quota in the Fifth drive, but this it did by only $75.00. Dr. R. M. Rimmer, pharma cist in the Angel Drug store, has again been named by the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association, to head the phar macists, drug stores, and drug affiliate companies ir\ Macon countv_ Classifications Announced tJy Local e:vic; Hoard The following registrants were classified in IV-A (4-A> at a meeting of the local board : Jessie Edgar Carver, Jason Eugene Niemeyer, Charlie Theo dore Ledford, Harley Pender grass, Roy Benjamin Woo ten, Wm. Robert Pressley, James Luther Collins, Earl Moten Har rison, Ralph Mason, HarlieMay, Harry Webb, Charlie Chavis, col., Heron Cyrus Fouts, Thos. Carlos Mack, Charles Tomson Brooks, Leonard John Holland, Thos. Weidon Angel, Jr., Allen Ball CMohundro, Geo. Franklin Stiles, Fred Earlie Wooten, Robert Chavis, col., James Rob ert Parrish, Charlie Henry, El mer Edgar Roten, Fred Joshua Corbin, James Thaddeus Nich ols, John Thomas Brown, Her bie John Bradley, Ezekiel An drew Dowdle, Paul J u d s o n Klnsland, Martin Sylvester Vin son, Roy Frank Speed. IV-A (4-A) ? Continued i Fred R.Elliott, Thomas Orady Reece, Furman Forest Merrill, James Jenkins, Noa Sheridan Mason, Jesse Hobard Flowers, Quince Jefferson Hauser, Arthur Wash ington Moses, Wm. Doyle Mc Call, Homer Lesley McCoy, Wendel Hal Phillips, William Luther Watts, Jackson Rogers Grlbble, Clifford Allen Nix. Charles Arthur Raby, Grady Montgomery Jones, Clarence Clifford Stockton, Ralph Stiles, Wilton Hughes Cobb, Fred Welch Childers, William Robert Frady, Harvey Mann Carnes, David Henry Passmore, Earl Bright H e n s o n, Theodore Bateman, Clyde Howell Downs, Ralph Richard Ammons, Cecil Sher man Green, Wiley William Ro per, Furman Berry, Thomas Clifton Cross, Ralph McKlnley Pickens, Lawrence Beecher Li ner, Elbert W. Talley, James Gordon Evitt; IV-A (4-Al ? Continued: Fred | J. Angel, Jesse Alexander Keen er, Tom Lee Ballew, James Charlie McCall, Calvin Lyman I ?Continued On Page Six Bond Buying Will Hasten Our Victory!
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